Friday, March 23, 2012

A Little Vacationing and Half-Square Triangle Quilt Tops--only the beginning....

It's Friday...again. I have spent this past week doing one of two
things; cleaning my house in preparation of our guests arrival and
spending time with our guests. We are 'staycationing' (with our friends
from Toronto) in Bermuda this week.

Look away if pictures of beautiful places make you jealous:

Notice my daughter and I have the same look of concentration :) Kayaking in Turtle Bay

Crystal Caves

The whole group high above Horseshoe Beach

We have been going to a different beach each
day, visiting tourist attractions that we haven't been to yet, eating
good food, drinking good drinks and relaxing in our own home. It's been
so good. Even better are the tired kids (7 in total) that fall into bed
at 8pm--leaving us a few hours at night to talk and arrange quilt
tops--you didn't actually think that I could go a whole week without
doing something quilty--especially since I have 100's of wonderful HST
blocks from wonderful ladies around the world sitting in my living room!

Here are two tops that I put together on Saturday/Sunday before our friends arrived.

Both are baby quilt size and will be going to Haiti.

Here is my box of arranged tops that are just waiting to be sewn.

And here are the HST's that still have be arranged--so many possibilites :)

It is March 23 already which means that the March / April Project Hope collection is almost half finished! Click here for the details. Please consider taking a few hours to help with this project--I think you will like it--and your quilting will be making a positive impact in a child's life!

This is a blog which documents the activities of Margaret's Hope Chest-a quilting non-profit organization birthed out of the tragic murder of 81-year old Margaret Herrema. Our website MargaretsHopeChest.com is a great place for more information about what we do.

GET INVOLVED IN 'WRAPPED IN HOPE'!

Bring HOPE to child who has a parent in prison this year--make a quilt for Wrapped In Hope